A.88 edit VirtualDisk

Edits a virtual disk.

edit VirtualDisk instance [ shareable= { Yes | No } ] [ name=value ] [ description=value ]

Where instance is:

{ id=value | name=value }

This command edits the attributes of a virtual disk in a storage repository. To resize a virtual disk, use the resize command.

Although none of the options are mandatory, you must supply at least one option.

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option	Description
`shareable=` { `Yes` \| `No` }	Whether the virtual disk is shareable. Shareable disks have read/write privileges in multiple virtual machines and should be used with caution.
`name=value`	A name to identify the virtual disk.
`description=value`	Optional description for the virtual disk. `value` is a maximum of 4,000 characters.
{ `id=value` \| `name=value` }	The instance of the object using either the `id` or `name` option, for example `name=MyVirtualDisk`.

Example A.113 Editing a virtual disk

OVM> edit VirtualDisk name=MyVMDisk name='New name for MyVMDisk' description='My virtual disk'